If they speak quickly, adjust your speech pattern accordingly.

It would be interesting to do an analysis on the 10-20 year return pattern of cashing out a portion of your funds, pay the tax and invest in potentially better performing assets vs the REIT returns. 

While studying for my RE license right now, I came across this:Real estate prices, as with most financial markets, tend to follow a pattern.

They don't do anything until a pattern of illegal calls emerges, meaning, until lots of people complain about you.The purpose behind the do not call list was to shut down the call mills using robo-dialers and calling multiple times a day or week.

Read the fact pattern.

Customarily an insurance carrier will provide legal representation for negligence but depending on the fact pattern may not even pay for damages.

This is a small sample so the bid acceptance pattern may change. 

Additionally,  there's also quite a few many moving parts with a messy fact pattern here.

3. for 10+ property owners - does this pattern change, or you are diversified enough?

It is part of a pattern that you see with some tenant-they push a little, get away with it and then it escalates.